The Iraq War, 2003

When:
May 17, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
2016-05-17T18:00:00+01:00
2016-05-17T19:00:00+01:00
Where:
Museum of London, Barbican
Barbican
London EC2Y
UK
Contact:
Gresham College
02078310575

Britain and the United States had long been fearful that Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq, was developing weapons of mass destruction in breach of the armistice agreement which had ended the first Gulf war in 1991. After the terrorist attack on the United States on 11 September 2001, President Bush determined on regime change, a policy first announced by his predecessor, President Clinton. Britain’s Labour government, led by Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as well as the Conservative opposition, supported the United States. There was, however, considerable opposition to the war, opposition which appeared justified when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. The Iraq war led many to feel that government was insufficiently accountable to Parliament, and it increased popular distrust of political leaders, a distrust which remains today.

This is a free public lecture by Vernon Bogdanor, Visiting Gresham Professor of Political History.

There is no need to book in advance for this lecture. It runs on a first come first served basis.